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To introduce myself, I would like to give you a short professional biography. In May 1977, I graduated from Graceland College, Lamoni, Iowa with a degree in Biology and Chemistry. After I graduated, I worked for General Motors at the Leeds Plant in Kansas City, Missouri as an assembly line worker until I could find a position in Biology or Chemistry. This search didn't take long. In November of that year I went to work as a research chemist for Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. In August of 1980 I quit this position to enroll at the University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) Dental School and four years later, by the grace of God and a loving supportive wife, I graduated. I have been practicing family dentistry since June of 1984 and truly enjoy the art of making beautiful smiles.
Throughout my dental career I have been involved in many outside activities at various levels of responsibility. These activities and responsibilities include:
- Rotary
- Independence Chamber of Commerce
- LEAD graduate
- Independence Foundation Board
- Independence, Missouri Advisory Board Health
- Eastern Jackson County Dental Group
- Greater Kansas City Dental Society
- Missouri Dental Association
- American Dental Association
- Academy of General Dentistry
- Health Ministry Association (HMA)
- Greater Kansas City Implant Study Club
However, considering all my past and present activities, my greatest accomplishments are that I have been a husband since 1979 and a father since 1989. | 
